Animated Discussion

Mark Jones

University of the West of England Bristol.

Background to Animated discussion

• Plasticine and play-dough models

• In 2s or 3s you have 6 minutes to make a model – everything you need is inside you envelope

Choice of themes

Possible audience and purpose for voice-overs

Voice-over Audience Purpose – to

News report National National Viewers inform - factual

News report Local Local viewers inform – factual

Role play – different interest groups e.g. local residents, Geographer, Local Council

Public Enquiry Inform, persuade

Personification autobiographye.g. Cliff’s tale, Mr and Mrs raindrop

Other pupils entertain, interest

Geographical processes and landforms Other pupils (peer

group and younger)teacher

explain, interest

Animated DiscussionSilent movie – I need a voice-over

Voice overs – spot the mistake

Voice-overs - terminology

Out of order

Missing key word

Use as a starter

What happened next?

Question the geography!

Software for creating animations• Microsoft Movie Maker 2 (Windows XP)an excellent beginners’ package but

it does have some limitations e.g. the limited number of audio tracks available.

• Powerpoint - Insert a still image onto a slide, then set the slide transition to 0 seconds for all slides and the animation will run as smoothly as your PC is capable of.

• Microsoft Photo Story 3 (Windows XP)Cerates a simple picture slide show with audio.Ulead VideoStudio 10digital editing and DVD production packagehttp://www.ulead.co.uk/edu/runme.htm

• Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0This allows users to rapidly expand beyond the basic skills provided by MovieMaker and produce professional appearing films.

• http://www.adobe.com/education/products/premiere_elements.html.iMovie package (Apple Mac users)contains a collection of professionally designed scenes including video and graphic overlays and advanced transitions.

• In terms of sources of audio tracks one extremely useful site is http://www.freeplaymusic.com which supplies music tracks that are free to use for educational purposes (do check the terms on the site regularly).

Key Questions

• Why animate?

• When to use animation?

• What to animate?

Animations produced by

Collaborative work by:

• PGCE Trainees at

UWE 2005-2006 &

2006-2007• Paul Rycraft (MICE)• Mark Jones

(PGCE Geography Tutor)